On the summer solstice, an unusually long and very late westbound Empire Builder with 8 added cars negotiates the depths of the Kootenai River Gorge between Yakt and Leonia.

Christmas Day Heartland Flyer with AMTK 189 Big Game Day engine passing a parked BNSF 907 as it nears the station at Gainesville Tx

Amtrak 449, the westward Lake Shore Limited, glides through West Warren framed by fall foliage. The former fabric mills and dam are seen on the right. Amtrak 189 is lettered for "The Big Game... (more)

A very late Lakeshore has just pulled into the depot in Toledo showing evidence of the heavy snow it encountered back in Buffalo.

Big Game engine passing Montreal's skyline. AMTK 189, the 'Big Game' engine is in Montreal for the second time in five days. Here is it 5 minutes out of Central Station as it heads south wi... (more)

The "Big Lame Train" heads down the Cuesta Grade

Amtrak 189, all decked-out in "Big Game Train" decals, races north along the coast with the Coast Starlight in tow.

The Heartland Flyer's "Big Game Train" engine with a unique decal passes a UP passenger special which is on route to Long Beach.

Amtrak 14, the NB Coast Starlight, heads over the trestle at Gaviota behind a P42 lettered for "The Big Game Train" and a B32-8. Unfortunately, the classic pier at this location which made for a g... (more)

Amtrak's northbound Silver Star rockets out of south FL on Christmas Day with the Big Game unit leading, wrapped in honor of the annual Texas-Oklahoma Red River Shootout football game at the Cotto... (more)

The eastbound Empire Builder kicks up dust from a gravel crossing as it rushes into Grand Forks running more than 10 hours late. The delay was caused when a Breckenridge, MN, to Tacoma, WA,... (more)

AMTK 189 (P42DC) gets underway again after a lengthy delay due to two cars jumping off the tracks. After separtating the engines and remaining coaches from baggage car 1242 and coach car 39028, t... (more)

Amtrak eastbound Southwest Chief rolls into Fullerton.

Empire Builder makes a station stop in Essex.

Amtrak P42 189 leads the westbound California Zephyr into Naperville for its stop. BNSF is replacing the CB&Q signals in Naperville in the very near future, as the new ones are already going up.